In this bonus episode of Battle Lines we'll hear from The Telegraph's Economics reporter, Melissa Lawford.

Melissa has been writing about the economic impact of the war in Israel and Gaza on key regional actors - Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

As Saudi Arabia desperately courts investment and Qatar is busy striking LNG deals with states around the world, what does the war mean for them and how might their great economic involvement with the West impact international diplomacy? 

Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.

Melissa Lawford (Economics reporter). @MelissaLawford on Twitter.

Read Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the Desert’, by Melissa Lawford:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/25/israel-hamas-conflict-shadow-saudi-arabias-davos-desert/

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